橋|はしhashi[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounbridge
   あの橋はしは大変たいへん美うつくしい。↗

   That bridge is very beautiful.

• SynonymブリッジNeutralLoanword for a ship's bridge, the card game and the gymnastic backbend; not the usual word for a road or railway bridge.
• Synonym橋梁きょうりょうFormalFormal engineering and administrative term for a bridge, as in 「橋梁工事」; when simply talking about a bridge, 「橋」 is the usual word.
• Related架橋かきょうWrittenWritten term for building a bridge or the bridge built, in construction or figuratively bridging a gap; everyday speech just says 「橋」.
• Related懸け橋かけはしWrittenWritten word, mostly figurative: a link between countries, cultures or generations, as in 「日中の懸け橋」; literally a makeshift bridge or plank path on cliffs.

Default to 「橋」. 「橋梁」 is the formal engineering/administrative term; 「懸け橋」 is written, mostly a figurative link between people or countries; 「架橋」 is written for bridge-building; 「ブリッジ」 is a loanword for a ship's bridge, card games or the gymnastic backbend.

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1. （はし）谷たになどの低地ていちや水路すいろの、両端りょうたんの比較的ひかくてき高たかくなっている箇所かしょを結むすんで、低地ていちに降おりずに渡わたるための構築こうちく物ぶつ、又またはそのような状態じょうたいにあるもの。